Announcements

Artworks by Islais Creek Studios artist Flora Davis and Hunters Point Shipyard artists Leslie Lowinger and Marc Ellen Hamel are included in the annual benefit auction of the Coalition on Homelessness, the San Francisco-based nonprofit that advocates for Bay Area unhoused individuals and families and supports them with training, employment, ...

News from Shipyard painter and printmaker Marc Ellen Hamel: CELEBRATION SALE! 30% – 75% Off What am I celebrating? It's my 75th birthday and 30th year in my studio at Hunters Point Shipyard so I am celebrating by having a big sale of my older work, and a few new ...

Shipyard artist Nina Fabunmi announced the release of her novel Petals For My Tears. It is available in hardback and Kindle ebook editions on Amazon. Copies will also be available in her studio during Shipyard Open Studios October 21-22, 2023. From the announcement: "In [the] heart of an enchanting African ...

Shipyard artist Nina Fabunmi has created new floor art at the India Basin Shoreline Park near Hunters Point in San Francisco. John Arbuckle, also a Shipyard artist, posted these photos of Nina's new work on the Shipyard Open Studios Facebook page (scroll down to June 18, 2023). Visit India Basin ...

Eric Joyner "Jungle Trek" Stuart Schuffman, author of Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply in San Francisco in zine and book form, published "Robots and Donuts: The Fantastical World of Artist Eric Joyner" by Schatzie Frisch, online on June 22, 2023. Eric Joyner's paintings and other idiosyncratic artworks, many of ...

This site's home page featured the following tribute in the days leading up to and following Juneteenth, June 19, 2023: We honor Black Shipyard and Islais Creek Studios artists on the occasion of Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery on June 19, 1865, 24 days after the ...

Shipyard artist Silvia Poloto is the subject of an article in 48 Hills, the website that describes itself as "San Francisco’s largest daily, independent community news and culture site." The article by Mary Corbin, "Not a classic hero’s journey: Silvia Poloto adventures into herself," describes Poloto's life as an immigrant, ...

The painting Ob River (oil on canvas, 68" x 48") by Shipyard artist Irena Kononova is a winner of the Sheridan Prize for Art 2022 in the Immigrant Artists category. The painting is a symbolic interpretation rather than a topographically correct representation of this majestic Siberian waterway. The Sheridan Prize ...

News from Shipyard artist Maeve Croghan: I am excited about a new mural to be painted in my neighborhood, North Beach!  North Beach Neighbors contacted me awhile back regarding my interest in doing this project and I said YES! I am also working with 'TogetherSF’ of the City of San Francisco, ...

Three paintings by Shipyard artist Jeff Long have been added to the permanent collection of the Fresno Art Museum. Click on an image below for a larger view. Jeff Long "Path at Point Reyes" 72” x 120”, oil on canvas, 2019 Jeff Long "Pacifica" 72" x 120", oil on canvas, ...

Image from the Symphony's website Shipyard Artist Deirdre Weinberg will be participating in the art exhibit accompanying the SF Symphony's annual Día De Los Muertos concert November 5. The concert and exhibit are a vibrant celebration of Latin American music and culture, including lobby installations at Davies Symphony Hall.  Call ...

Update: see end of this post for a more recently completed commission Islais Creek Studios artist Rebecca Fox announces: Rebecca Fox: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco lobby sculpture: Patinaed Steel, 11.75” x 19.5” x 9.5”, 2022 (side view; click for larger view) I am thrilled to announce that I ...

Andrea Baker, a longtime Board of Directors member of the Shipyard Trust for the Arts (STAR), received the Jefferson Award from CBS News Bay Area affiliate KPIX in September 2022 for her work as founder and head of the small business incubator En2Action. The nonprofit operates Ujamaa Kitchen in Hunters ...

Shipyard artist Michael J. Kruzich has released a video to introduce himself and his art to potential clients in the Bay Area and in Hawaii, where he has completed several mosaic installation commissions. Michael produced the video jointly with videographer Lyman Medeiros, program director of Big Island Television. https://youtu.be/Z39cjcBP9Ks

"Mojave," a painting by Shipyard artist Marc Ellen Hamel, is one of over 150 artworks and other objects included in ArtAuction22 benefiting the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness. Online bidding is open from noon Pacific time Thursday, September 1, through 9 p.m. Thursday, September 8. An in-person auction of selected ...

News from Hunters Point Shipyard artist Deirdre Weinberg: August 29 update: The mural was finished in mid-August; here's the final photo. Some of the original artists from 1987 worked on the restoration and the whole project was met with great community appreciation and support. There will be an official opening, ...

The annual "Art for AIDS" auction to benefit the UCSF Health Alliance this year includes works donated by Marius L. Bosc, Flora Davis, Robin Denevan, Carol Jessen, Kay Kang, Bruce Katz, Leslie Lowinger, Clare Metague, Michelle Mongan, Carrie Ann Plank, Silvia Poloto, and Rab Terry. The event runs from Friday, ...

Shipyard artist Larry Morace announces: Dear fellow art conspirator: I’ve embarked on a new art venture. I’m now offering high quality prints of selected paintings and pastels, both recent and vintage. These images offer high fidelity to the visual idea they originated from yet are much more affordable. The site ...

KPIX, the Bay Area CBS affiliate, presented Barbara Ockel with the Jefferson Award in July 2022 to honor her work on behalf of the artists at Hunters Point Shipyard and Islais Creek Studios and her involvement in the Bayview Hunters Point community. The announcement of the award stresses her outreach ...

News from Hunters Point Shipyard artist Nicole Mueller: "Abstract Now" Exhibition Last month I returned home from my artist residency at the Pouch Cove Foundation in Newfoundland, Canada, where I spent the month of April creating new work. The residency culminated in an exhibition of new paintings created during the ...